Clixby

{{Short description|Village in Lincolnshire, England}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}}

{{Use British English|date=October 2014}}

{{Infobox UK place

| static_image_name= All Hallows, Clixby - geograph.org.uk - 429150.jpg

| static_image_alt=

| static_image_caption = Church of All Hallows, Clixby

| country = England

| official_name= Clixby

| map_alt=

| coordinates = {{coord|53.523608|-0.338190|display=inline,title}}

| civil_parish= Grasby

| shire_district= West Lindsey

| shire_county = Lincolnshire

| region= East Midlands

| constituency_westminster= Gainsborough

| post_town= Market Rasen

| postcode_district = LN7

| postcode_area= LN

| dial_code=

| os_grid_reference= TA102042

| london_distance_mi= 140

| london_direction= S

}}

Clixby is a small village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Grasby, in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated approximately {{convert|2|mi|km|0}} north from the town of Caistor, and lies in the Lincolnshire Wolds, a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. In 1931 the parish had a population of 39.{{cite web|url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10408088/cube/TOT_POP|title=Population statistics Clixby Ch/CP through time|publisher=A Vision of Britain through Time|accessdate=3 September 2023}}

Clixby was formerly a township and chapelry in the parish of Caistor,{{cite web|url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/place/11942|title=History of Clixby, in West Lindsey and Lincolnshire|publisher=A Vision of Britain through Time|accessdate=3 September 2023}} in 1866 Clixby became a civil parish, on 1 April 1936 the parish was abolished and merged with Bishop Norton.{{cite web|url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10408088|title=Relationships and changes Clixby Ch/CP through time|publisher=A Vision of Britain through Time|accessdate=3 September 2023}}{{cite web|title=Clixby|url=http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/LIN/Clixby/|publisher=Genuki.org.uk|accessdate=16 June 2011}}

Clixby is listed in the 1086 Domesday Book, with Lord of the Manor as King William I.{{cite web|title=Clixby|url=http://www.domesdaymap.co.uk/place/TA1004/clixby/|work=Domesdaymap.co.uk|publisher=Anna Powell-Smith/University of Hull|accessdate=16 June 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120313083653/http://www.domesdaymap.co.uk/place/TA1004/clixby/|archive-date=13 March 2012|url-status=dead}} At the beginning of the 18th century Clixby was the seat of Sir John Fitzwilliam.{{cite web|title=Clixby Maonor, Grasby|url=http://www.lincstothepast.com/CLIXBY-MANOR--GRASBY/229997.record?pt=S|work=Lincs to the Past|publisher=Lincolnshire Archives|accessdate=16 June 2011}}

{{main|All Hallows Church, Clixby}}

The parish church was dedicated to All Hallows and dates from the 13th century with a 19th-century restoration by Hodgson Fowler. It was declared redundant in 1973.{{NHLE|num= 1359798|desc=Church of All Hallows|accessdate=16 July 2013}}